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2003 DAIRY COW AND REPLACEMENT BUDGET -- LARGE BREED 1    
Forage= 80% Corn Silage and 20% Hay    
   
   
                           
PRICE PER     --- Pounds of Milk Sold Per Cow 2 --- YOUR    
ITEM UNIT 18,000 21,000 24,000 27,000 BUDGET    
                           
   
RECEIPTS    
Milk Sales  3 $11.00 /cwt $1,980 $2,310 $2,640 $2,970      
Bull Calf 4 80 /head 36 36 36 36      
Heifer  5 28 34 37 40      
Cull Cow 6 35 /cwt 162 162 162 162        
   
TOTAL RECEIPTS 2206 2542 2875 3207      
   
Variable Costs    
Feed 7    
Hay Equiv. 120 /ton 383 393 401 405      
Corn Silage 24.45 /ton 267 303 320 339      
Corn 2.62 /bu 146 163 180 196      
Soybean Meal 48% 0.10 /lb 263 298 334 371      
BiCarb 0.16 /lb 6 7 8 9      
Limestone 0.05 /lb 8 8 9 8      
Mag.Ox. 0.21 /lb 3 3 3 3      
Salt TM 0.12 /lb 17 17 17 17      
DiCal Phos 0.20 /lb 28 28 28 29      
Selenium 90 0.36 /lb 9 9 9 9      
Vitamins A,D,E 0.40 /lb 8 8 8 8      
Feed Additives 0.45 /lb 0 0 78 78      
Milk Replacer 0.85 /lb 13 13 13 13        
   
TOTAL FEED COSTS 1151 1250 1409 1486      
   
Other Variable Costs    
Veterinary & Medicine 75 80 85 90      
Breeding, Milk Testing & Reg. 35 40 45 50      
Utilities 64 66 68 70      
Bedding 8 32 32 32 32      
Misc. & Supplies 106 106 106 106      
Marketing & Hauling Costs 0.50 /cwt 90 105 120 135      
Posilac® (bST) 9 5.80 /dose 0 0 93 93      
Int. on Oper. Capital 10 8 % 59 63 74 77        
   
TOTAL OTHER VARIABLE COSTS 461 492 622 653      
   
TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS 1611 1742 2031 2139      
   
Fixed Costs    
Labor Charge 11 60 hrs. 10.50 /hr 630 630 630 630      
Interest & Insurance on Cow and Calf 12 83 96 102 108      
Equipment Charge 13 $700 /cow 123 123 123 123      
Building Charge 14 $3,000 /cow 438 438 438 438      
Management Charge 15 5% 110 127 144 160        
   
TOTAL FIXED COSTS 1385 1414 1436 1459      
   
TOTAL COSTS 2996 3156 3468 3598      
   
RETURN ABOVE VARIABLE COSTS 594 799 843 1069      
RETURN ABOVE TOTAL COSTS (790) (614) (593) (390)      
                           
------- Per cwt of Milk Produced -------    
TOTAL RECEIPTS 12.25 12.10 11.98 11.88      
FEED COSTS 6.39 5.95 5.87 5.50      
TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS 8.95 8.30 8.46 7.92      
TOTAL COSTS 16.65 15.03 14.45 13.33      
                           
   
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FOOTNOTES TO RIGHT 1 Enterprise budget includes the costs of a one cow lactation plus dry period as well as a replacement heifer.  Dairy cows are  
   presumed to be in the herd for three years.  As a result, the dairy cow and replacement budgets include 0.38 of the feed   
  requirements of raising a heifer.  Heifer raising costs and feed requirements are given in the heifer budgets.  
    2 "Milk Sold" equals the average pounds sold per cow over a 12-month period.  It is about 95 percent of production as     
reported by the DHIA Rolling Herd Average.    
3 The milk price is stated as the gross per cwt price less promotion and government assessment.    
4 Bull calf receipts assume that 0.45  bulls are sold per cow per year.  The 0.45 is based on a 13 month calving interval, a 2   
percent death loss, and 50 percent of the calf crop (i.e., 0.45 = (12 months in a year / 13 month calving interval)   
x 0.98 calves born live x 0.50 of calves born are bull calves).  Bull calf price is $80 per head.  Receipts equal 0.45 x $80.  
5 Heifer receipts are based on 11 percent cull rate.  Of the 11 percent, 6 percent are sold at birth and 5 percent are sold  
 at springing.  Heifer calf prices and springing heifer prices are shown below:  
 
 --------------milk production--------------  
18,000 21,000 24,000   27,000  
 
Heifer Calf $100 $135 $145 $155  
Springing Heifer $1,000 $1,200 $1,300 $1,400  
 
6 Cull cow receipts are based on a 33 percent cull rate, sale price at $35 per cwt, and culled animals weighing  
1,400 lbs.  Cull cow receipts equal 0.33 x $0.35/lb x 1,400 lbs.  
7 Feed costs are calculated assuming 10 percent and 3 percent losses for forages and other feeds, respectively. Values  
not in italics give requirements for the cow and replacement.  Values in italics are for the cow only.  
Corn silage priced at cost of production ($19.45/ton) + $5 handling charge. Corn is priced at cost of production.   
Costs of production can be found in the Ohio Crop Enterprise Budgets.  Feed additives were assumed to be fed  
to the two highest production levels and cost $0.45/lb.  Feed additives could consist of any combination of   
supplemental fat, special trace mineral supplements, direct-fed microbials, etc.  
 
Item Price Unit 18,000   21,000   24,000   27,000  
                               
 
Hay Equiv. $120.00 /ton 3.19 1.88 3.28 1.97 3.35 2.04 3.38 2.07  
Corn Silage $24.45 /ton 10.92 8.62 12.41 10.11 13.09 10.79 13.86 11.56  
Corn $2.62 /bu 56 40 62 47 69 53 75 59  
Soybean Meal $0.10 /lb 2626 2457 2983 2814 3344 3175 3712 3543  
BiCarb 0.16 /lb 38 38 44 44 50 50 56 56  
Limestone 0.05 /lb 168 148 154 134 171 151 162 142  
Mag.Ox. 0.21 /lb 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14  
Salt TM 0.12 /lb 145 126 145 126 145 126 145 126  
DiCal Phos 0.20 /lb 138 119 138 119 138 119 143 124  
Selenium 90 0.36 /lb 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25  
Vits. A,D,E 0.4 /lb 21 16 21 16 21 16 21 16  
Feed Additives 0.45 /lb 0 0 0 0 174 174 174 174  
Milk Replacer 0.85 /lb 15     15     15     15    
 
8 Bedding is assumed to be sand.  Adjust your bedding costs accordingly.  
9 Posilac® used only at 24,000 and 27,000 lb production levels;  1 dose every two weeks for 32 weeks starting   
at 63rd day of lactation.    
10 Interest costs are based on a 8 percent interest rate. Interest costs are calculated on 50 percent of all variable costs  
excluding marketing and hauling.  
11 Part or all of labor may be a variable cost if paid labor varies with cows milked. It’s a fixed cost if labor costs do       
not change with cows milked. Labor charge includes workers compensation, social security, and fringe benefits.  
12 This cost is based on a 8 percent interest rate and a 0.43 insurance rate.  The cow's value is based on an average of the   
springing heifer price (see footnote 5) and the cull cow price (see footnote 6).  The heifer's value is based on an average   
of the calf price and springing heifer price.  Total value on which the interest and insurance charge is based is the cow's  
value plus 0.38 times the heifer's value.  
13 Equipment charge equals 17.6% of new equipment costs.  Costs include interest, insurance, depreciation, and repairs.      
New equipment costs equals $1,400 per cow and heifer. Equipment includes feed processing and distribution system,   
manure/waste system, tractor/scraper, 1/2 pickup, and other miscellaneous items.  
Based on "Livestock Building and Equipment Requirements", KSU Farm Management Guide, Rodney Jones and James Murphy  
14 Building charge equals 14.7% of new building costs. New building costs equal $2,300 per cow and heifer.  
Costs include interest, insurance, depreciation, and repairs.  Buildings include free stall barn, feed storage,   
milking facilities, and fencing/corrals.  
Based on "Livestock Building and Equipment Requirements", KSU Farm Management Guide, Rodney Jones and James Murphy  
15 Management charge is 5 percent of total receipts.